INLA volunteer Kevin Lynch was from Park, County Derry, near Dungiven, where this board commemorates his death in the 1981 hunger strike. Chapel Road.
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Vol. Kevin Lynch
political
1981
10 crosses, one for each of the deceased 1981 hunger strikers, in an “H” shape, on an embankment below the A1 in Newry.
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Take It Down
“Cut the crap – take it down now”. “It” being the Tricolour as flown (originally) by pro-Treaty forces and (at the time of the graffiti, 2001) by Sinn Féin after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. Here are the Dubliners singing the song.
Creggan Hill, Derry
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M01601
We Support The Wyanes From Ardoyne
Holy Cross Catholic girls’ primary school, situated in loyalist Ardoyne, Belfast, was picketed by locals in late June, 2001 and throughout the autumn term, on the grounds that they and their homes were being attacked in the area. Images of young children (wee’uns or wains) being ushered through a police cordon while subjected to abuse made headlines around the world and prompted the two graffiti in this post,
St Columb’s Wells and Bligh’s Lane, Derry
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Remember The Hunger Strikers
The lark is at the centre of 12 hunger strikers (1981 + Gaughan and Stagg).
Moneynick Road, Toome
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England Do You Really Think Its Over
Two pieces of graffiti on Eastway wall, Derry: “England do you really think its over – IRA” and “Derry opposed Stormont rule”.
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An Seantalamh
Shantallow Sınn Féın office.
Racecourse Road, Derry
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H Block
Blanketman Hugh Rooney and the names of the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers on the rear of Free Derry Corner, Lecky Road, Derry.
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You Are Now Entering Free Derry
Free Derry Corner in the snow, flying a Palestinian flag.
Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry
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Hunger Strikers Memorial
The hunger strikers memorial in Rossville Street, Derry, was launched in 2000. The central “H” carries the names of the ten deceased 1981 strikers, while the stones to either side carry the names of other republicans to have died on hunger strike: Thomas Ashe 1917, Michael Fitzgerald 1920, Joseph Murphy 1920, Terence McSwiney 1920, Joseph Whitty 1923, Denis Barry 1923, Andrew Sullivan 1923, Tony D’Aroy 1940, Jack McNeela 1940, Sean McCaughey 1946, Michael Gaughan 1974, Frank Stagg 1976.
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